It’s Spinal Health Week in Australia and The Chiropractor’s Association of Australia has launched the Straighten Up Australia App. This App is free and available to download now. Simply go to

Straighten up is a simple tool you can use to maintain and improve the spinal health of you and your family, with postural exercises suitable for adults and children.

Good posture is so much more than just looking good; It affects our musculoskeletal health and may help to relieve back pain, neck pain and some headaches.

Trying to remember to have good posture can be difficult so setting posture reminders in your app can be helpful. There are also other products in the marketplace that can help you with your posture. Posture vests like the i Zest Posture Vest can be useful, keeping your shoulders back and helping to reduce the likelihood of forward head posture, especially when sitting at a desk or using technology. Just putting a posture vest on when you are at your computer screen may have a remarkable impact on neck pain, shoulder pain and headaches caused by poor posture

Posture Vests

The i Zest posture vest is available at Body In Balance

Another great posture tool on the market is called POZE. This clever little device buzzes whenever your posture falters.

So whether you want your phone to remind you with an alert or a physical reminder with a posture vest or poze taking steps to improve your posture is a priority. Straighten Up Australia and get healthy!